An Apartment in Cannaregio

Living Room and Kitchen

The living room includes a table for four, a nonworking
fireplace, a pullman kitchen (right back corner), and an antique desk.

At the
opposite end of the loft-like space, where I was standing when I took this
photo, you'll find a leather sofa, two easy chairs, a coffee table, TV, DVD
player, portable radio-CD player, and bookshelves. (Bring your own mobile phone,
and if you need to check your e-mail, you can visit one of the Internet points
in the neighborhood.)

LEFT: The entrance door is halfway down a flight of stone steps.
The impressive steel-framed door has multiple deadbolts on both sides, like the
door of a bank vault. RIGHT: At the top of the steps, marble mosaic surrunds a
stone column.

The pullman kitchen is compact but well-equipped, with a modern
gas range and double sink. A dishwasher, large refrigerator-freezer, washing
machine for clothes, and storage closet are hidden beyond wooden cabinetry.
(There's no microwave, and you'll need to dry clothes on a drying rack or on a
pulley-operated clothesline that can be reached from the bathroom window or
living room.)